Question
Download Solution PDFQuartz crystal clocks are based on-
- Piezo electric effect
- Compton effect
- Photoelectric effect
- Vibrations caused in ground state of caesium-133 atom.
Answer (Detailed Solution Below)
Option 1 : Piezo electric effect
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Detailed Solution
Download Solution PDFCONCEPT:
- Quartz crystal clocks: They are used to measure time.
- Quartz crystal clocks have an accuracy of 1 second every 109 seconds.
- It works on the principle that an oscillating emf develops in one pair of faces of the crystal when a variable pressure is applied on another pair of faces of the crystal perpendicular to the first one.
EXPLANATION:
Quartz crystal clock based on Piezoelectric effect.
- Piezoelectric effect: An oscillating emf develops in one pair of faces of the crystal when a variable pressure is applied on another pair of faces of the crystal perpendicular to the first one.
- Compton effect: Scattering of a photon by an electron, that results in a decrease in energy (or increase in wavelength) of the photon.
- Photoelectric effect: If electromagnetic radiation strikes a material and electron emission takes place, then this phenomenon is called the photoelectric effect
Hence option 1) is correct.
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